📅 17 Yüni 1953
Demonstrations over work norms expanded into a broader revolt against the East German government. Soviet troops and tanks helped suppress the uprising; workers and residents challenged state...
📅 4 Novèmber 1956
Soviet forces launched a large-scale operation to remove Imre Nagy’s government and restore a Moscow-aligned regime. Thousands were killed or wounded, many fled the country, and Hungary’s attempt to...
📅 2 Yüni 1962
Security forces shot demonstrators after a strike spread through the city. At least two dozen people were killed and many wounded; authorities concealed the massacre, prosecuted participants, and...
📅 24 Desèmber 1979
Soviet forces began a large-scale deployment into Afghanistan in late December. Moscow described the move as assistance requested by Kabul; it escalated an Afghan conflict into a foreign...
📅 15 Mei 1988
The first phase of withdrawal followed the Geneva Accords. Afghan people continued to face war, displacement, and foreign intervention after Soviet troops began leaving.
📅 15 Febrüari 1989
The withdrawal ended the decade-long Soviet military intervention, in accordance with the Geneva timetable. Afghan conflict continued, and millions of refugees still faced the question of safe,...
📅 13 Yanüari 1991
Soviet forces seized the television tower; civilians defending Lithuania’s elected institutions were killed. The assault failed to reverse Lithuania’s independence and drew mass resistance and...
📅 27 Yanüari 1945
Soviet forces entered Auschwitz-Birkenau and Monowitz, finding thousands of prisoners left behind after the SS forced many others on death marches. Survivors faced illness, grief, and uncertain...
